| STATE NAME |
Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended November 25, 2006 |
Insured Unemployment For Week Ended November 18, 2006 |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INITIAL CLAIMS | INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
   | STATE |
(%) (2) |
CHANGE FROM |
UCFE (1) |
UCX (1) |
ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING RAILROAD RETIREMENT |
||||
| LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | LAST WEEK | YEAR AGO | |||||||||||
| Alabama | 3469 | -1029 | 973 | 5 | 31 |             | 25709 | 1.4 | -498 | 2417 | 109 | 283 | 26101 | |
| Alaska | 1564 | -967 | 6 | 18 | 1 |             | 11031 | 3.8 | -542 | -1026 | 142 | 52 | 11225 | |
| Arizona | 2285 | -2008 | 307 | 15 | 4 |             | 22343 | 0.9 | -1168 | 560 | 249 | 145 | 22737 | |
| Arkansas | 6203 | -646 | 1401 | 13 | 4 |             | 30636 | 2.7 | 2215 | 4894 | 126 | 269 | 31031 | |
| California | 40320 | -10870 | 10297 | 262 | 134 |             | 241530 | 1.6 | -83121 | 19971 | 1660 | 2195 | 245385 | |
| Colorado | 2013 | -889 | -461 | 22 | 18 |             | 21319 | 1.0 | -695 | -1243 | 184 | 402 | 21905 | |
| Connecticut | 3105 | -996 | 145 | 4 | 12 |             | 33354 | 2.0 | -258 | 348 | 55 | 179 | 33588 | |
| Delaware | 1033 | -99 | 155 | 0 | 1 |             | 6610 | 1.6 | -186 | 142 | 22 | 47 | 6679 | |
| District of Columbia | 188 | -131 | -38 | 2 | 0 |             | 3931 | 0.8 | -394 | -7 | 106 | 36 | 4073 | |
| Florida | 6040 | -4704 | -607 | 28 | 83 |             | 79567 | 1.0 | -11481 | -1835 | 465 | 1174 | 81206 | |
| Georgia | 6434 | -2104 | 1310 | 37 | 53 |             | 49430 | 1.3 | -4158 | -1795 | 519 | 1297 | 51246 | |
| Hawaii | 856 | -348 | 93 | 9 | 16 |             | 5618 | 1.0 | -1007 | 433 | 78 | 202 | 5898 | |
| Idaho | 3147 | 401 | 367 | 54 | 11 |             | 10029 | 1.6 | 814 | -585 | 198 | 69 | 10296 | |
| Illinois | 13297 | -5597 | 985 | 19 | 57 |             | 93234 | 1.6 | -18136 | -7392 | 595 | 849 | 94678 | |
| Indiana | 10998 | 1842 | 4776 | 17 | 32 |             | 44687 | 1.6 | -2821 | 3962 | 264 | 462 | 45413 | |
| Iowa | 5003 | 1011 | 1835 | 6 | 27 |             | 18815 | 1.3 | -636 | -340 | 42 | 144 | 19001 | |
| Kansas | 2894 | 261 | 772 | 0 | 6 |             | 14792 | 1.2 | -726 | -2339 | 155 | 156 | 15103 | |
| Kentucky | 6001 | -821 | -171 | 17 | 6 |             | 25281 | 1.5 | -7715 | 1137 | 290 | 523 | 26094 | |
| Louisiana | 2048 | -923 | -5170 | 3 | 13 |             | 18098 | 1.0 | -744 | -164751 | 97 | 192 | 18387 | |
| Maine | 1451 | -428 | 110 | 1 | 3 |             | 8705 | 1.5 | 383 | 755 | 36 | 107 | 8848 | |
| Maryland | 4085 | -506 | 544 | 22 | 18 |             | 31290 | 1.3 | 45 | 186 | 462 | 279 | 32031 | |
| Massachusetts | 8069 | 370 | 202 | 86 | 39 |             | 68060 | 2.2 | 1499 | 2685 | 771 | 456 | 69287 | |
| Michigan | 17567 | -2927 | 2316 | 24 | 31 |             | 119831 | 2.8 | -21212 | 9754 | 377 | 698 | 120906 | |
| Minnesota | 7189 | -1250 | 290 | 11 | 15 |             | 39458 | 1.5 | 2468 | 5792 | 133 | 266 | 39857 | |
| Mississippi | 3638 | 1125 | 814 | 17 | 10 |             | 16344 | 1.5 | 57 | -27262 | 133 | 206 | 16683 | |
| Missouri | 6114 | -1804 | 494 | 55 | 24 |             | 37119 | 1.4 | -5381 | -5838 | 572 | 220 | 37911 | |
| Montana | 1582 | 165 | 208 | 54 | 7 |             | 6174 | 1.5 | -1219 | -66 | 256 | 92 | 6522 | |
| Nebraska | 1546 | 97 | 220 | 1 | 4 |             | 8681 | 1.0 | 148 | -1190 | 33 | 55 | 8769 | |
| Nevada | 2697 | -459 | 477 | 6 | 5 |             | 18185 | 1.5 | -466 | 3094 | 93 | 156 | 18434 | |
| New Hampshire | 826 | -218 | -54 | 1 | 1 |             | 5593 | 0.9 | -419 | 625 | 20 | 28 | 5641 | |
| New Jersey | 9235 | -3880 | 1529 | 18 | 27 |             | 92562 | 2.4 | -7539 | 819 | 262 | 557 | 93381 | |
| New Mexico | 876 | -401 | 54 | 4 | 0 |             | 10808 | 1.4 | -87 | 1332 | 255 | 133 | 11196 | |
| New York | 16882 | -2115 | -927 | 30 | 105 |             | 157176 | 1.9 | -1243 | -8544 | 893 | 1358 | 159427 | |
| North Carolina | 8677 | -3737 | 708 | 18 | 45 |             | 69376 | 1.8 | -2590 | -1110 | 301 | 1355 | 71032 | |
| North Dakota | 1059 | -403 | 330 | 1 | 0 |             | 3432 | 1.1 | 1098 | 970 | 30 | 21 | 3483 | |
| Ohio | 12255 | -928 | -734 | 15 | 62 |             | 78961 | 1.5 | -2107 | -451 | 316 | 823 | 80100 | |
| Oklahoma | 2169 | 345 | 58 | 7 | 15 |             | 13532 | 0.9 | -36 | -947 | 99 | 193 | 13824 | |
| Oregon | 7991 | -574 | 1872 | 60 | 34 |             | 39759 | 2.4 | -1016 | -34 | 405 | 353 | 40517 | |
| Pennsylvania | 23467 | -2530 | 116 | 119 | 110 |             | 132733 | 2.4 | -7089 | -1825 | 1174 | 1759 | 135666 | |
| Puerto Rico | 10 | -3010 | -1883 | 0 | 0 |             | 23913 | 2.3 | -11246 | -16215 | 84 | 191 | 24188 | |
| Rhode Island | 1291 | 16 | -107 | 2 | 3 |             | 9738 | 2.1 | 229 | 400 | 39 | 122 | 9899 | |
| South Carolina | 3303 | -2514 | -163 | 5 | 17 |             | 35983 | 2.0 | -1319 | 246 | 107 | 376 | 36466 | |
| South Dakota | 342 | -206 | -9 | 4 | 3 |             | 1724 | 0.5 | 61 | -117 | 65 | 17 | 1806 | |
| Tennessee | 4264 | -851 | 377 | 28 | 17 |             | 35590 | 1.3 | 97 | -1897 | 264 | 397 | 36251 | |
| Texas | 19808 | 4855 | 6508 | 30 | 115 |             | 89300 | 0.9 | -6169 | -37502 | 809 | 1805 | 91914 | |
| Utah | 1031 | -447 | 78 | 28 | 7 |             | 7149 | 0.7 | 306 | -1355 | 296 | 90 | 7535 | |
| Vermont | 1059 | 0 | -715 | 1 | 3 |             | 5504 | 1.9 | 200 | 91 | 28 | 56 | 5588 | |
| Virgin Islands | 11 | -25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |             | 404 | 0.9 | -134 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 410 | |
| Virginia | 4935 | -699 | 1241 | 4 | 39 |             | 27742 | 0.8 | -1453 | 2617 | 279 | 793 | 28814 | |
| Washington | 8876 | -2625 | 1051 | 66 | 62 |             | 51111 | 1.9 | 807 | -4306 | 526 | 949 | 52586 | |
| West Virginia | 1093 | -427 | -4 | 5 | 9 |             | 9994 | 1.5 | -2302 | -1427 | 63 | 170 | 10227 | |
| Wisconsin | 22958 | 10655 | 922 | 10 | 32 |             | 60810 | 2.2 | 2240 | 372 | 156 | 340 | 61306 | |
| Wyoming | 307 | -176 | -68 | 11 | 2 |             | 1847 | 0.7 | -179 | -313 | 37 | 15 | 1899 | |
| Totals | 323561 | -44129 | 32831 | 1275 | 1373 |             | 2074602 | 1.6 | -194825 | -228106 | 14732 | 23116 | 2112450 | |
Figures Appearing In Cols. Showing Over- The-Week Changes Reflect All Revisions In Data For Prior Week Submitted By State Agencies
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES (UCFE) AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT FO REX-SERVICEMEMBERS (UCX) EXCLUDE CLAIMS FILED JOINTLY UNDER OTHER PROGRAMS TO AVOID DUPLICATION
2RATE IS NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. THE SOURCE OF US TOTAL COVERED EMPLOYMENT IS BLS.